And art thou nothing? Such thou art, as when The woodman winding westward up the glen At wintry dawn, where o’er the sheep-track’s maze The viewless snow-mist weaves a glist’ning haze, Sees full before him, gliding without tread, An image with a glory round its head; The enamoured rustic worships …
Autumn 1943. Italy has surrendered to the Allies but is riven by civil war and the presence of the occupying German forces. Into this broiling mass, N sends a team on a delicate mission to prevent an important artifact falling in to the wrong hands. Their mission must succeed. The …
July 1940. A young soldier, lately returned from Dunkirk, languishes in a London police station, charged with murdering his former CO in horrific circumstances in broad daylight on a main thoroughfare; witnesses describe the attack as savage and sickening. The young man is clearly deranged, muttering dark warnings and claiming …
October, 1943. The carrier “Cuba” is taking 1061 German POWs to Barcelona, to be exchanged for British and Anzac prisoners. The repatriation will be supervised by the Spanish Red Cross and conducted on the neutral soil of Spain. It is a rare moment of optimism in a dark time, and …